What's a surf jersey doing in outer space?
By Leo Smith |
This week in Coast Lines: A Kelly Slater surfing competition jersey is floating around the International Space Station. Why? How?
Plus, the 2020 BeachLife Festival announced its musical lineup this morning, and recent king tides offered a preview of rising sea levels.
Here’s what’s happening along the Southern California coast. |
Astronaut brings Kelly Slater jersey into orbit
Surfing champion Kelly Slater may not have reached outer space yet, but one of his competition jerseys has.
Astronaut Christina Hammock Koch, a big fan of Slater’s, has the autographed collectible with her aboard the International Space Station.
Koch showed off her prized possession during a space-to-Earth video chat with Slater that was broadcast live.
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Who’s playing BeachLife Festival in Redondo?
Counting Crows, the Steve Miller Band and Ziggy and Stephen Marley paying tribute to their father were among the acts announced today for the 2020 BeachLife Festival in Redondo Beach.
The festival, in its second year, is scheduled for May 1-3 at Seaside Lagoon. The inaugural BeachLife drew about 12,000 fans each day.
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King tides offer splashy preview of future
Some observers are concerned about a lack of urgency in preparing for sea-level rise along the Southern California coast.
So it’s considered a good thing, of sorts, when, on rare occasions, the sun and full moon align to create king tides - a water-level rise that hints at the future. Such was the case last week.
“It’s a time when people can observe with their own eyes what a higher sea level may look like - what beaches are under water, what roads are flooded,” said Annie Kohut Frankel of the California Coastal Commission.
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What else?
‘Naked and Afraid’ star shocks with video showing him eating a dead dolphin at Aliso Beach.
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After 50 years of ownership, Long Beach will change how it handles the Queen Mary.
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What will become of offshore oil rigs once they’re no longer operational?
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Remember when?
There's a connection between comic actor Charlie Chaplin and modes of transportation from the mainland to Catalina Island. It has to do with seaplanes.
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